“Gert” Nemnich – Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 19 (Ritterkreuz) (Wartime Signed)
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Original Portrait with Wartime Signature of Gerhard “Gert” Nemnich. Major Gert Nemnich (10.11.1912 † 15.03.1945) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on February 28, 1942 and the Ritterkreuz onJuly 15, 1943 as Major und Kommandeur of the Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 19 of the 19. Panzer-Division. Condition as seen. Postcardsize.
Ritterkreuz: “During the start of the battle of Kursk, along the front of the III. Panzer-Korps, Hauptmann Nemnich attacked across the Donez river with two of his Pionier-Kompanien. With these forces he eliminated 56 Soviet bunkers and their crews after heavy fighting. Following this action (which enabled his Division to cross the Donez here) he beat off a strong Soviet attack into the flank of the follow-up Kampfgruppen and even managed to push this defeated force back. For these actions he would be decorated with the Knight’s Cross.”
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Original Portrait with Wartime Signature of Gerhard “Gert” Nemnich. Major Gert Nemnich (10.11.1912 † 15.03.1945) earned the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on February 28, 1942 and the Ritterkreuz onJuly 15, 1943 as Major und Kommandeur of the Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 19 of the 19. Panzer-Division. Condition as seen. Postcardsize.
Ritterkreuz: “During the start of the battle of Kursk, along the front of the III. Panzer-Korps, Hauptmann Nemnich attacked across the Donez river with two of his Pionier-Kompanien. With these forces he eliminated 56 Soviet bunkers and their crews after heavy fighting. Following this action (which enabled his Division to cross the Donez here) he beat off a strong Soviet attack into the flank of the follow-up Kampfgruppen and even managed to push this defeated force back. For these actions he would be decorated with the Knight’s Cross.”
